PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses

AI lab **PrismML**, founded by Caltech researchers and advised by UC Berkeley's Ion Stoica, has adapted its small language models to run directly on smart glasses powered by Qualcomm's **Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 Platform**. Demonstrated at Qualcomm's **Snapdragon Summit**, PrismML showcased its **1-bit Bonsai LLM**, a 2-billion-parameter model fine-tuned for combined vision and language tasks. The on-device model allows wearers to analyze and ask questions about what they are looking at in real time. PrismML's core technology reduces model sizes substantially—up to 4x—while retaining almost all performance metrics on standard benchmark tests. The startup pitches its open-weight, on-device AI approach as a privacy-focused alternative to reliance on cloud-based proprietary AI services. However, no commercial smart glasses featuring the PrismML integration have been officially announced yet.